The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation increased its hours to accommodate the influx. In the third week of March, 6,356 initial unemployment claims were filed in Nevada, nearly triple the number of the previous week and the largest week-to-week spike in claims since 1987, when record-keeping began, state officials announced Saturday. As of Monday afternoon, there were 245 reported coronavirus cases in the state and four deaths.Īccording to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, about 367,900 jobs were supported by tourism in southern Nevada, equal to 37.6 percent of the workforce, in 2018.

Steve Sisolak's statewide order last Tuesday shutting down casinos and restaurants for 30 days - which police began enforcing Friday - came after health officials reported the state's first coronavirus death, a Clark County man in his 60s. According to the American Gaming Association, at least 973 commercial and tribal casinos - or 98 percent of all gaming properties in the United State - have closed, directly affecting about 649,000 casino gaming employees. The pandemic has caused a wave of restaurant, bar and casino closures across the country, as state officials from California to Vermont have scrambled to reduce large gatherings of people to limit the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Alex Campagno An 'unprecedented' shutdown 'Everything that should have been lit was dark.' Roshy Rivera worked as a bartender for 12 years at Casa Di Amore.

Las vegas casinos closed list